More FA

1. Define the following:

a) Offeror

b) Offeree

c) Promisor

d) Promisee

2) Define contract.

3) List down the elements of the law of contract.

4) You went to food court 2 for lunch. You wanted to buy a bowl of noodle from one of the food stalls. When will be the instance that you fail in buying the noodle that you want?

5) When you enter a bookshop, is the shop owner obliged to sell you the book that you have chosen? Explain.

6) Atticus offered to buy a car which costs $20,000 from your friend, Brad and he demanded a deposit of $1000. Atticus informed Brad that he only had $500 at that moment and he would go to the ATM to withdraw the remainder sum for Brad and Brad accepted it. While Atticus was gone, Carl came by and offered to buy Brad’s car for $30,000 and Brad quickly sold it to Carl. When Atticus approached Brad to pay him the remainder sum of $500, Brad returned Atticus of his initial deposit pay up of $500 told Atticus that the sale and purchase deal was off. Advise Atticus the cause of action available to him.

7) Donnie offered to sell his mountain bike to Elaine for $500. Elaine deemed that the price is too expensive and told Donnie that she would only buy if Donnie could reduce the price further. Was an agreement achieved? Explain your answer.

8) Donnie offered to sell his mountain bike to Elaine for $500. Elaine accepted Donnie’s offer but requested Donnie if she could pay the sum of $500 in instalment. Was the agreement still valid? Explain.

9) Frankie’s parents promised him a sports car if he was able to secure a scholarship with any of the local universities after graduating with a Diploma in Maritime Business from the Singapore Maritime Academy, Singapore Polytechnic. Frankie made it with one of the local universities. His parents bought him a mountain bike. Will Frankie succeeded in a cause of action against his parents if he chose to? Explain

10) Gail told the car dealer that she would only buy a metallic black car from the car dealer and no other colours would be accepted to her. Is Gail’s term a condition or warranty and why? State the remedies available for the breach of both condition and warranty.

11) What is the landmark case for innominate term? Name the judge for the case who interpret thus.

12) Go to the SP library e-Resources to access LawNet. Retrieve the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (Cap 33). The act is also available in Appendix of the Introduction to Shipping.[1] Look for the exclusion clauses in the Hague-Visby Rules 1968. State the clause number and list down five provisions under such clause.

13) Henry, a smoker checked in a hotel. At the front desk, he was informed by the receptionist that no smoking is allowed in the entire hotel and violator would be liable for a fine of $1000. Such rules were also indicated on the room card key given to Henry. While in his room, Henry lit up and smoked while lying down on the bed. This triggered the smoke detecting alarm available in his room. Will the hotel be successful in claiming the fine from Henry? Use case law(s) to demonstrate your answer. (Reference: para 4.10of course notes)

14) List down the three ways to end a contract.

15) List down the vitiating factors in contract law.

16) Isaac wanted to buy a bulk carrier which is able to carry 50,000 MT of grain. Jake gave Isaac with an opinion that the MV Grain was the ideal vessel for Isaac and the latter bought the MV Grain. However, the vessel could only fetch 30,000 MT of grain. Isaac wanted to legal action against Jake. Do you think Isaac will succeed in his cause of action?

17) Give a scenario on specific performance.

18) Give one example of liquidated damages in shipping.

19) Illustrate how

(i) shipbuilding contract; and

(ii) ship sale and purchase contract

is formed.

[1] 2^nd edition, Capt Cheong Kwee Thiam, LexisNexis (2016)